City · Randolph County, Indiana

Winchester, Indiana

Winchester is a city in Randolph County, Indiana. It has 5,284 residents. Winchester, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 18 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,778 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #317 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), home price to income ratio (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), public EV charging ports (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

18Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,778 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #317 of 353 in IN
Population: 5,284 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,527.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1884752

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety17#12,954/15,637
Economy17#13,046/15,631
Housing84#2,448/14,977
Health12#13,753/15,609
Healthcare7#14,596/15,650
Environment48#8,046/15,453
Education32#10,689/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,326/15,650
Community30#10,906/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,949/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Winchester, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Randolph County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low105 min
94/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRandolph County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
94/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low15.6 min
93/100Indiana 24.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
92/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesRandolph County value
Math scores · high3.35
87/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRandolph County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Indiana 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRandolph County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low16 /100k
3/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRandolph County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyRandolph County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low43.4%
7/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRandolph County value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Indiana 12.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauRandolph County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.1%
10/100Indiana 29.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Dentists · low29 /100k
10/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRandolph County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,739 (2015-2019) → 5,284 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
36.1% (2015-2019) → 28.6% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.2% (2015-2019) → 47.4% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
10.2% (2015-2019) → 15.3% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.9% (2015-2019) → 29.3% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Winchester, Indiana improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+18 points70.7% → 88.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Winchester, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.4 min2015-2019	15.6 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	70.7%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	36.1%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.80%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	86.8%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4252015-2019	0.3782020-2024	−0.047	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$45,3102015-2019	$52,4392020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	20.0%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.9%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	40.2%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	10%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Winchester, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winchester, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Winchester, Indiana itself moved −1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,284 residents (±342)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,139 households (±220)

Winchester, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k18%385
$25k–50k27%585
$50k–75k24%†504

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,139 households (±220)

Winchester, Indiana
Indiana share

Own70%1,505
Rent30%634

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,039 workers (±251)

Winchester, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone65%1,319
Carpool19%†385
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Randolph County, the county holding most of Winchester's residents.

Randolph County has 490 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Indiana's), with 5,559 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,715. The Census Bureau also counts 1,559 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 490; 1,559 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 5,559
Average annual pay: $47,715; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Randolph County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	41	16.8	1.09×About typical	261	$62,766	149
Restaurants and other eating places	34	14	0.76×Fewer than typical	493	$15,183	4
Ambulatory health care services	31	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	237	$58,485	36
Truck transportation	25	10.3	2.03×More than typical	103	$78,748	67
Religious organizations	23	9.4	1.70×More than typical	82	$13,061	—
Full-service restaurants	20	8.2	1.07×About typical	238	$17,941	—
Lessors of real estate	19	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	43	$29,256	121
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	4.9	0.98×About typical	58	$37,224	42
Building equipment contractors	12	4.9	0.82×About typical	57	$57,930	29
Gasoline stations	12	4.9	1.52×More than typical	119	$17,992	—
Banks and credit unions	11	4.5	1.40×More than typical	84	$45,393	—
Construction of buildings	11	4.5	0.60×Fewer than typical	43	$31,209	85

Rank places for an industry Open Randolph County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,356 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$6,448 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Winchester, Indiana: -$1.22 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$6,448; −134% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$1.22; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

RANDOLPH COUNTY VETERANS SHELTER INC.-$6,4480.0%

Spending by fiscal year

13.6KFY2017
13.9KFY2018
1.9KFY2019
16.6KFY2020
19.8KFY2021
-5.6KFY2022
18.5KFY2024
19.1KFY2025
-6.4K

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Winchester, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Winchester is mostly in Randolph County.

See federal money in Randolph County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Winchester, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Randolph County33100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Randolph County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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